Operation Flaming Dart

Operation Flaming Dart was a US and South Vietnamese aerial operation against North Vietnam and its Viet Cong allies during the Vietnam War.

Following the Attack on Camp Holloway by the Viet Cong, President Lyndon B. Johnson authorized a retaliatory air raid on a North Vietnamese army barracks. On 27 February 1965, 27 attack sorties were flown, targeting NVA bases near Dong Hoi; a second wave targeted Viet Cong logistics and communications near the Demilitarized Zone. On 24 February, a second operation was carried out when US Air Force jets bombed Viet Cong guerrillas during an ambush in the Central Highlands. The operation marked an escalation in the US use of air power against the communist forces during the war.